Hi, On Mon, 28 Nov 2011, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello, > while updating the German translation I noticed (due to a fuzzy > string) that sometimes a space is used in the following contruct, > sometimes not: > msgid "B<-a >I<arch>" > > (and similar for other options, for this case compare > dpkg-checkbuilddeps.1:33 and dpkg-buildpackage.1:105)
This is because not all dpkg-* commands follow the same conventions when it comes to management of command line options. So this difference is normal even if it shows a lack of consistency. It's "dpkg-buildpackage -ai386" but "dpkg-checkbuilddeps -a i386". Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/go/ulule-rh/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

